Musings and more from Farrah Alexander

Month: July 2014

Shortly after I wrote this post about children being accidentally left in hot cars and what we can do about it, I read this article from a mother who left her child in a car, intentionally. I don't completely agree with what the mother did in an ideal situation, but I understand why she did it and [...]

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His faults are so much clearer now. But, I made a commitment to him. We've spent years together. I love him, but I don't always like him. I just can't believe how much my feelings have changed towards him after having a baby. My dog is a complete pain in the ass. When my husband [...]

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Shortly after I started dating my husband, I started cooking for him. Shortly after I started cooking for him, we established a "peanut butter and jelly rule". See, I started cooking, but I was not particularly good at it. So if the meal was really bad, (inedible bad), either person could opt for pb&j. Fortunately [...]

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Since becoming a stay-at-home-mom, I've heard a lot of sales pitches. I've probably heard more sales pitches in the past couple years than the first 25 years of my life. On Facebook, at my front door, when I'm walking the dog, when I'm out shopping, it's constantly like... "Excuse me, miss, would you like to [...]

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Daniel was a bit of a late walker. He was always very cautious. He was never in a hurry. He didn't like to fall. It was pretty evident that he could walk, he had the physical ability to walk, he just chose not to walk. He was about 17-months-old when he finally started walking. Then [...]

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Most nursing moms remember the first time they nursed in public. They remember shuffling the awkward (yet dainty) nursing cover over the baby in just the right manner as not to suffocate the baby and not to expose any skin. They remember nervously glancing around to see if anyone is watching or if anyone looks [...]

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Last week, I plugged in my laptop, sat down to write a blog post for you fabulous people, and the damn thing died. With my limited technical knowledge, I diagnosed a problem with the AC adapter. (Since I already tried removing the battery, blowing into it like an old Nintendo game and that didn't work.) [...]